Osage oil rents rise as sublessees organize
April report from Guthrie notes Captain Franig and U.S. Attorney Speed discussing Osage oil matters while Illuminating Oil Co raises rents to 15 per acre for off-field leases. Sublessees organize with potential renewed tribal revenue. new lease may lift tribe royalties soon amid renewed renewal pressures. Also reported is a Chicago strike by union wagon and carriage workers affecting over 100 plants and the Dixie cruiser sailing from Colon with Marines to Guantanamo.
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Frank Franig
Pawhuska
United States
Speed
Osage
Congress
Iluminating Oi
President Roosevelt Starts Long Trip From Washington
President Roosevelt left Washington at 9 06 am for a two month southern and western journey. The itinerary includes Louisville St Louis and San Antonio with public addresses and a reunion of the Rough Riders. The train features the Pennsylvania Railroad’s finest equipment and a delay occurred in Harrisburg due to a horse accident causing only minor injuries.
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D. C
White
Mo. Young
G.R. Fortescue
M. C. Latta
Bb. McGrew
Louisville
St. Louis
Lake
Missougri, Kansas
Texas
San Antonio
Indian Territory
Sherman
Tex
Lallas
Waco
UG A. Ww
Austin
Fort Sam Houston
Grand Army
Rough Riders
Business Men‘s Club
Lovel Menger
Fort Worth
Panhandra
Colorado
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kentucky
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Harrisburg
West
Decision Denies Immediate Mandate in Harriman Case
The supreme court today denied a motion for immediate issuance of a mandate in Harriman versus Northern Securities. The date for issuance is fixed for April 15. Secretary Taft returned to Washington from Massachusetts after delivering a speech.
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Washington, PD. C
Supreme Court
Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Twenty Miners Die In Illinois Mine Blast
A gas explosion at the Joseph Leiter coal mine near Ziegler Illinois kills twenty miners and wounds eighteen. The surface opening is wrecked and officials consider possible alternate causes. Non union workers. outsiders suspected in entry attempts to derail operations. Reports from Carbondale and St Louis note uncertain death toll, with around thirty feared and two rescued so far. Cal G Sicks of Grant township dies in Michigan. funeral plans to follow.
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Carbondale, Ill
Ziegler
Ilinois
Joseph Leiter
St. Louis
Leglar
Cal. G. S
Grant Township
Mornic
Mich
Woman burns self to death near Portland home
In Portland Oregon on April 3 Mrs Charles Wemmers set a bonfire in a cabbage patch alight with magazines and papers then drenched her clothing with kerosene and ignited them intentionally. The elderly wife of a farmer had become melancholy after being deserted by her husband.
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Portland
Ore
Charles Wemmers
Hemmers
Had Narrow Escape From Death on New York Train
Former Cornell president and ex ambassador to Germany Andrew D. White endured a close brush with death. A crash shattered a window on the car he occupied, leaving White cut by glass and wood while a plate-glass shard nearly severed his silk hat. The shock left him dazed as the train halted and officials found no clear cause.
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New York
N. Y
Andrew I
White
Cornell
Germany
New Haven
Whitt
Longest Tunnel Opened and Fatal Rail Crash Reported
Rome apr 3 the simplon tunnel inaugur at ed sunday the longest in the world trains passed from swiss and italian ends meeting at the center where an iron trough once blocked hot water flow now opened for the first time gatun nd mo april 3 a wreck a mile north of this place sunday afternoon on the altehisen ta toe p a santa po a heavy through freight collided head on manuel liba and jose a center were buried under wheels both men were on the work train kansas city april 3 police report sunday clos ing order largely observed by kansas city saloon keepers curtains drawn for quick patrol sight to scan interiors
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Simplon
Fiest
Gatun
N. Mo
Apeit d
Altehisen
Topeka & Santa
Poo
Manuel Liba
Jose A. Centre
Kansas City
Prairie fire in Wiehlta county and Louisville street car crash
The Leon Standard reports a prairie fire that spread over Wiehlta county last week, sparked by a farm house chimney and covering about twenty square miles. In Louisville a freight train hit a street car, killing Sister Mary Anthony and injuring Sister Mary Leander and Miss Katherine McGill, all teachers en route to schools.
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Topeka
Leon Standard
Wiehlta County
Louisville
Mary Anthony
Louisvile
Mary Leander
Katherine McGill
Prince Undergoes Operation in London
The prince of Wales was operated on in London today for an undisclosed condition. The palace reports no serious matter. In Ottawa Kansas Mrs Caroling Job, aged patient, died from injuries after being beaten and left unconscious in her room a week ago. no suspect has been identified.
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England
Prince of Wales
Serios
Ottawa
Kans
Caroling Job
NEW COMMISSION Canal Commissioners Appointed
The president announces the Isthmian canal commission with Theodore P. Shants as chairman and eight others including Charles E. Magoon and John Wallace. Salaries total 7,500 dollars each plus travel. chief engineer gets 17.6 thousand and governors 10 thousand. Taft provides letters detailing reorganization aims and duties.
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D. C
New Isthmian Canal Commission
Theodore P. Shants
Charles E. Magoon
Capal Zone
John Wallace
M.T. Endicott
U.S. N
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U. S A
Oswald M Ernst
Corps of Engineers
U.S. A
Benjamin M. Harrod
Taft
Congress
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Commission
Washington
City of Washington
Washington to issue 15000 circulars on Standard Oil inquiry
Washington April 3 The bureau of corporations plans to send 15000 circulars to retailers and dealers nationwide to set price points and dealer costs for Standard Oil products. The objective is to uncover potential price discrimination while keeping dealer identities confidential to ensure responses.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
Bureau of Corporations
United States
Bureau
Onichus
All Ceaters
Old Hotel Man Retires After Twenty-Two Years
Peter Baker took charge of the Whitley hotel in Emporia Kansas on Saturday morning. The hotel had been under the management of Colonel H C Whitey for twenty two years and is one of the best known houses in the west.
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Kans
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Coronel H. C Whitey
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Lawyers in Mail Pouch Strap Case
A federal grand jury in Washington returned indictments against Wo G Corbett Aug W Machen and George E Lorenz on conspiracy charges connected to purchases of straps for mail pouches An earlier 1903 indictment named Mrs Lorenz but the present filing omits her name indicating no action taken since then
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Federal Grand Jury Today
Wo. G. Corbett
Aug. W. Machen
George E. Lorenz
Colorado State Oil Bank Bill Fails in Legislature
A bill to establish a state oil refinery in Colorado failed to become law this session. The measure passed the House but was blocked by the Senate Finance Committee before adjournment, leaving it without a final vote.
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Colo
Colorado
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Indictments Return in Washington Endowment Case
Washington April 3 The federal grand jury returned an indictment against Andrew A Lipscomb a prominent D C attorney in connection with the alleged embezzlement of aid from a Washington beneficial endowment association The indictment names Thomas M Felds who with Lipscomb acted as receiver of the association
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Federal Grand Jury Today
Andrew A. Lipscomb
Washington Beneficial Endowment Association
Thomas M. Felds
Lipsvoml
Renewal of fighting expected in Manchuria in April
Reports from Manchuria indicate renewed fighting near Sipinghai as Russian forces mass south of Lieh Piss and advance positions around Changtu and Tie Pass. Japanese cavalry screens movements while artillery holds Changtutu station 60 miles above Tie Pass, with bulk of troops not yet located.
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Manchuria
Sipinghai
Lie
Changtutu
Tie Pass
Caught Japanese Patrol Report From St. Petersburg
A Russian dispatch cites the night of March 20 when a patrol surrounded a Japanese unit of six dragons near Batchanchentesé on the extreme left. Five Japanese were killed and a sergeant was captured. The report notes no change in the overall situation as of April 3.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Lineviteh
Tod
The Assassin Is Dead In Lodz After Bomb Attack
In Lodz on April 3 the would be assassin of Police Commissioner Szalalowiles of the second district died from injuries after a bomb attack. The assailant never regained consciousness following a police arrest. At midnight two Cossacks attacked four pedestrians, killing two and wounding others.
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Lodz
Szalalowiles
Second District
Rioting in Warsaw Ends In Four Die In Bund Protest
In Dzike street a Bund demonstration turned deadly as troops dispersed the crowd. Four killed and forty wounded in the riot. Separate items note Gorky trial postponed to May 16. In Asia, Kalyna force drove Russians from Mienchuachich and held terrain March 31. Sheldon refuses to transfer play proceeds to Sheldon hall fund over venue restrictions.
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Warsaw
Dzike Street
The
Bund
Lawrence to Build Mill and Boost Power for Crop Year
Plans outline a 1000 barrel flour mill to replace the old facility near the Santa Fe tracks between the bridge and warehouse. Contracts are in place to erect a six hundred to one thousand barrel daily capacity mill with tramway delivery to Massachusetts street and a power generator to double electrical capacity for local industries by July.
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Lawrence
Wowersock
Tierce
Tne
Santa Fe
Massachusetts
Ratu K. OW
Weenie Generala
Sears
Standard Oil Pricing and Tattooed Art Marred by Incoherent Text
A garbled historical clipping mentions a Cottonwood Falls oil case against Standard Oil alleging price discrimination. It also references a tattoo artist Chyo in Tapai with remarkable skin works and scattered, unclear notes about imperial snow, British civil service costs, and royal expenses, with much of the content hard to verify.
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Emporia
Kao
Jieng Association
Cottonwood Falls
Standard QA Company
Tapan
Chyo
Chye
It Pays to Spray Fruit and Garden Plants Campaign
It Pays to Spray promotes spraying fruit trees and common crops with The Rochester spray pump. Advertisement notes contact J. Smock Agr Res at Warren street and phone 710 gray. Report mentions Manuel Flory of Gideon visiting town, eyes failing, nearly blind. Jury deliberations at Marico indicate that a unanimous verdict eliminates appeal.
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Rochester
J. Smock
Agr
Warren Street
Gray
Bryan 15 Hard at Work in Democratic Reorganization
Lincoln reports W J Bryan says Democratic party activity is aggressive preparatory work for the 1908 campaign. He returned from Des Moines where he spoke at a meeting aimed at forming Democratic clubs to place party machinery in the hands of loyal workers.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Des Moines
Hebrews in New York Hebrew schools and clubs educate on religion
The Hebrews run 161 New York schools to teach reading writing and religion after public school hours. Synagogues function as clubs where elders debate major questions and the Educational Att anes company operates a large East Side plant offering numerous classes lectures and activities.
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Hebrews
New York
Educational Attanes Company
Lebrow
Ienemene
Itipaties
Pmast
United States
Mark Twain on Smoking and Wit in Conversation
The text recalls Mark Twain's humor when friends warn him about smoking. It notes his evasive replies and lighthearted refusals, recounting a scene from his youth in San Francisco where someone spots a cigar box. He deflects concern with a quip about moving as in.
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Mark Twain
San Francisco
The Atlantic April Number Opens With War Cost Debate
The April Atlantic presents diverse pieces: C J Bullock on the cost of war and the move toward peace and arbitration. Charles F Dole on Monroe Doctrine revisions. Croft and Voge Munsterberg on The Eternal Life. Alciphron’s epistolary satire to Arthur James Balfour. Winthrop More Daniel on literature and books. Andrew White on Christian Thomasius. Col W H Higginson with Letters of Mark. C C Not on criminal law behind the scenes. Thoreau’s Journal and Bradford Torrey’s Florida Bay window sketches. Margaret Sherwood’s serial The Coming of the Tide. short stories and poems by Lummin, Annie H Donnell, Lafcadio Hearn. poems by Anna H Branch and Madison Cawein. and a note on etiquette in Thibet.
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Charles F. Dole
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Eterna
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Florida Bay
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C. F. Lummin
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Anna H. Branch
Madison Cawein
Pumber
Markets by Wire live stock and grain notes
Kansas City and Chicago markets report cattle prices and ranges for native steers cows and calves stockers and feeders bulls and calves with figures for May July and cash. Grain oats corn and rye values noted with May July and Sept contracts. Outlook magazine contributors listed including Bryce Kennan Rickert Servies and McFarland with notes on Port Arthur and photography in astronomy.
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Kansas City
Mayty
Bard Vutalid
Chicago
James Bryce
Georges Kennan
Edith Rickert
Garnett P. Servies J
J. Horace Mcfarland
Outlook
James Ricalton
Port Athrar
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